I've been looking hard for a legit software engineer job. And I think I'm on the right track, but for the most part I've had no luck getting the job I want. For the most part it appears Arizona is deep into Java/.NET. I know how to write in Java and C#. I've been programming for 5 years of my life as a open source contributor and made one close source project I released for sale. I should mention I have a certificate in Object Oriented Programming. The company Stepfy, lets me use Java heavily to write web spiders to collect data. Stepfy, is a start up. So far the stock certificate is worthless, till the company starts going public in the next few months.

I'm hopping if I post my resume here I can get some better ideas how to write my resume and maybe how to job search. A lot of job agencies appear to be really iffy about my experience w/ out a bachelors in CS or 1 year of real experience. Any tips or ways to appear more attractive to employers?

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I doubt this is in the right area, since I meant more Software Engineering.

You make a very good point. I honestly didn't add much is because I felt like I would be over qualified, but with my lack of schooling, I should use my projects as an advantage now that you say that.

I was thinking this formatting of my experience would be good...

Project Name ..... [date]

X & Y Programmer

Makes X equal Y...

Thank you so much, it makes more sense now, looking at the other perspective. Now I just have to call some of the staffing agencies with my new resume. ;) Maybe they will give me a shot. I was thinking of maybe putting some cash on the side for another certification for kicks, but I'm not sure how good that would actually do on a resume.